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Description
A small pamphlet with instructions governing the transfer of evacuees from assembly centers to relocation projects. The instructions were issued in order to provide operating procedures for the Wartime Civil Control Administration agencies for the transfer of evacuees. Two supplements were added to the end of the document. Supplement no. 1 from May 27, 1942 and supplement no. 2 from June 22, 1942 gives brief instructions for the assembly centers to prepare evacuees for transfer. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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